Cerberus’ Exit From the Gun Industry Shows How Public Pressure Can Shame Companies To Do Right | Alternet

Cerberus’ Exit From the Gun Industry Shows How Public Pressure Can Shame Companies To Do Right | Alternet
December 19, 2012  |  
 
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Perhaps it is not a surprise that Cerberus quickly decided to sell the Freedom Group, its collection of gun companies, including Bushmaster, the firm that made one of the weapons used in the Newtown, Conn., massacre. Cerberus has been notoriously secretive about its finances, and the adverse press it has attracted in the aftermath of Newtown forced a hasty retreat.

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